Acid reflux: Normally, stomach acids remain in the stomach where the lining is well protected from damage by cels that produce mucin. The esophagus has less protection than the stomach and if acids leave the stomach frequently, the esophagus can be damaged. Acid exposure to damagesd tissues can cause pain (heart burn). Even though this sounds like reflux, a docctor's evaluation is suggested to confirm this. ...Read more.
This means that the floor of the Atlantic Ocean basin has a big 'rip' in the middle where magma is spewing out and forming new oceanic crust and thus forcing Africa and South America away from each other.This has been happening since the Jurassic period, some 200 million years ago!Source(s): geology degree.ell, one side of each continent (the atlantic ocean side) is moving away from the other continent, but since the earth is round, this means that the other sides must be moving toward each other, unless the world is growing, and it doesn,t appear to be, so..... busterwasmycat Â· 5 years ago.
Modern-day South America and Africa are separated here by the Gihon, which completely surrounds Africa. Antarctica is connected to South America at the bottom, then wraps around the bottom of Africa, with the bulk of Antarctica just east of Africa. The Gihon River separates them. Northeast of Antarctica's northern-most tip sits India and Australia, both separated from Asia by the Pison. Australia is just east of India, separated from Asia and India by a portion or tributary of the Pison River. The fourth division of the one river from Eden flows north.